founded by joseph farrah, who now publishes the right-wing site world knit daily. and investigations into the suicide of clinton family friend and white house aide vince foster, written by christopher ruddy, who now runs the conservative site news mags. the funder was richard mellon scafe, billionaire philanthropist. he died on the fourth of july, a day after his 82nd birthday. as eulogized by "the washington post," he threw his financial support behind conservative newspapers and magazines, including the american spectator and the pittsburgh tribune review. through those organizations, his family based funding entitieent he championed smaller government, low taxes, and a strong national defense. he was friends with j. edgar